| noisy |
| 1. adj. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound | |
| the noisy crowd. | |
| 2. adj. Full of noise. | |
| a noisy bar | |
| 3. adj. Unpleasant-looking and causing unwanted attention | |
| noisy clothes | |
| talk |
| 1. v. To communicate, usually by means of speech. | |
| Although I don't speak Chinese I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures. | |
| They sat down to talk business. | |
| We talk French sometimes. | |
| 2. v. (transitive, informal) To discuss. | |
| They sat down to talk business. | |
| We're not talking rocket science here: it should be easy. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others. | |
| Suppose he talks? | |
| She can be relied upon not to talk. | |
| They tried to make me talk. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself. | |
| I am not the one to talk. | |
| She is a fine one to talk. | |
| You should talk. | |
| Look who's talking. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal. | |
| People will talk. | |
| Aren't you afraid the neighbours will talk? | |
| 6. v. (informal, chiefly used in the present participle) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner. | |
| You're only sticking up for her because you like her; that's your penis talking. | |
| That's not like you at all, Jared. The drugs are talking. Snap out of it! | |
| 7. n. A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal. | |
| We need to have a talk about your homework. | |
| 8. n. A lecture. | |
| There is a talk on Shakespeare tonight. | |
| 9. n. (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion. | |
| She is the talk of the day. | |
| The musical is the talk of the town. | |
| 10. n. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular: | |
| 11. n. A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child. | |
| Have you had the talk with Jay yet? | |
| 12. n. (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with p | |
| 13. n. (not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims. | |
| The party leader's speech was all talk. | |
| 14. n. Meeting to discuss a particular matter. | |
| The leaders of the G8 nations are currently in talks over nuclear weapons. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| chatter |
| 1. n. Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk. | |
| 2. n. The sound of talking. | |
| 3. n. The sound made by a magpie. | |
| 4. n. An intermittent noise, as from vibration. | |
| Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter. | |
| 5. n. In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity. | |
| The NSA is concerned about increased chatter between known terror groups. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To talk idly. | |
| They knitted and chattered the whole time. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions. | |
| He was so cold that his teeth were chattering. | |
| 8. v. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. | |
| 9. n. one who chats | |
| 10. n. (Internet) a user of chat rooms | |
